Landlords’ attempt to challenge CVA is unsuccessful
Debenhams, the well-known high-street retailer, entered a CVA last year. A CVA is a process designed to allow the company to trade through its difficulties. The Administrators devise a strategy...
Debenhams Ottaway rises in the Legal 500 directory rankings
The results are in! One of the leading UK legal directories, The Legal 500, have revealed the results of their 2020 research. Debenhams Ottaway’s family team has been ranked a...
Feathering new nests for fledglings: Should you buy a property for your student offspring?
Exam results are out, and students all over St Albans now know which university they’ll be heading off to – and after the relief and celebrations comes the headache of...
Jenny Carter
Jenny is a lawyer in our family law and divorce team. She helps both married and unmarried clients going through relationship breakdown. Jenny joined Debenhams Ottaway in 2019 as a...
Common mistake: a new test for contract rectification laid down by Court of Appeal
Rectification is the correction of an apparent mistake in a contract so that it accurately reflects the parties’ actual agreement. A contract can be rectified if a party can show...
FIRE event
We were pleased to hold our third and final FIRE event of 2019, which took place in October at The Crypt in London. FIRE is a series of networking, knowledge share...
Debenhams Ottaway recognised for its corporate social responsibility
Debenhams Ottaway, one of Hertfordshire’s leading law firms, has been recognised for its corporate social responsibility (CSR). Shortlisted for the St Albans Chamber of Commerce Community Business awards, Debenhams Ottaway...
What do attorneys do?
Lasting Powers of Attorney have been with us for more than a decade and are well known as useful documents to ensure continuity of affairs particularly if mental capacity is...
Debenhams Ottaway continues to rank high for private wealth advice
Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors once again has been ranked as the only “Band 1” firm in the Private Wealth category in St Albans and Hertfordshire. One of the leading UK legal...
Beware of pitfalls in negotiating GP practice leases
Careful attention to the negotiation of a practice lease must be a high priority for GPs, to ensure it is ‘fit for purpose’ and addresses potential risks and opportunities for...
Sleep-in shifts: the care sector holds its breath
The most recent update can be found here. The issue of pay for sleep-in shifts remains unresolved and continues to cause considerable concern in the care sector. In 2017, we...
Partnership agreement – or disagreement
Many professional healthcare practices, such as GP, dental and veterinary practices, are structured as general partnerships. Sometimes, an express, written partnership agreement governs these partnerships, but this isn’t always the...
Top tips for separated couples over the summer holidays
Summer holidays are often difficult for separated couples, both parents want to spend days in the park with their children eating ice cream or going abroad for a few weeks...
Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors sponsors the Institute of Directors summer drinks party
We are thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) summer drinks party in July. The IoD Hertfordshire summer drinks party is being held on Tuesday 9 July...
What’s the update? Probate will be late!
Probate Registries across England and Wales are causing significant delays to solicitors and families trying to obtain a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration. A Grant of Probate is...
Common law marriage-the myth!
Did you know there is no such thing as a ‘common law marriage’? It seems a fairly widespread belief that if you live with your partner for long enough, you...
The Supreme Court clarifies the meaning of “serious harm” following judgment in Lachaux defamation case
On 12 June 2019, The Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the case of Lachaux v Independent Print Limited & Evening Standard Limited. This judgment provided further...
Insolvency practitioners cautioned by the Court over disclosure
ICC Judge Barber issued a stark reminder to Insolvency Practitioners and their lawyers in her judgment in Stewart & Ors –v- Watkins [2019] EWHC 1311 (Ch) that when bringing an...
High Court finds for Liquidator in rare s213 Fraudulent Trading claim – Pantiles Investments Ltd & Anor v Winckler (Rev 1) [2019] EWHC 1298 (Ch) (23 May 2019)
Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Mullen has given judgment for James Dowers as the liquidator of Pantiles Investments Limited (“Pantiles”), against its former director, Ms Sabine Winckler (“Ms Winckler”) following...
Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors sponsors the Radlett Festival
Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors is delighted to have sponsored the Radlett Festival on Sunday 9 June at the Phillimore Recreation Ground. The Radlett festival has been running since 2004 as an...